I went today to try and see it again and did not see the yellow-billed loon today. It was a very busy day at the boat ramp with duck hunters in boats so it may have just moved for the day.
Melody Asher
Twin Falls
Monthly Archives: December 2020
Re: Yellow-billed loon still at Bell Rapids
Ok, thx Denise. Everyone have a safe New Year’s Eve and happy 2021!! My world life list stayed at 2020 (yes, that number, ironically) for the entire year and the loon (or Common Crane) would have broken that, but it wasn’t meant to be. Every day I had commitments.
Cheers… Jonathan
Re: Yellow-billed loon still at Bell Rapids
The loon hasn’t been seen since 12/24.
Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho
Re: Yellow-billed loon still at Bell Rapids
Anyone see the Yellow-billed loon today?
Owl
Is the great gray still in montour area
Re: Boise CBC preliminary species total
My wife is a Bengal, ’78, and she watched while I counted, although I did check in to catch a bit of the game and a bite to eat. My first CBC, too. I went on to be the Boise count compiler for about 20 years.
Dean
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Re: Boise CBC preliminary species total
Jim, that was our very first CBC as well!
Ken was looking forward to a relaxing weekend that involved watching the Idaho State Bengals play in the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football championship game. I convinced him to watch and count birds instead. He has never forgiven me. The day was cold and cloudy and the birds were few and far between, and darn it if the Bengals didn’t win the championship!! Thank goodness for DVR technology! 39 years later and we are still participating in CBCs!
Re: Boise CBC preliminary species total
Jay, thanks for sharing some highlights. I wasn’t there to participate, and appreciate knowing what you found.
Thanks to all who were out there looking! Some of my best birding times were CBCs in Anchorage, AK many years and several when I first moved to Boise and needed to learn the local birds.
Participating in a CBC is a great way to learn, practice, and share birding skills and knowledge.
Diann Stone Boise Depot Bench
Re: Boise CBC preliminary species total
Thanks for the memories, Jim. I believe Karen Andreason and I saw the green heron(s).
Dean Jones
Re: Alan Gregory
I don’t think I ever set foot in Venango. I was a volunteer at Hawk Mt. Sanctuary for most of the 1990s and ran two North American Breeding Bird Survey routes in Pennsylvania (LIttle Marsh in Tioga and Potter counties was always fun; lots of species).